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Office Locations:
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1415 W NC Hwy 54, Suite 206
Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919-808-4000
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Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Medical Device
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IDEA Fund Partners provides seed and early stage equity funding along with company building expertise to IT, materials technologies and medical device companies in North Carolina as well as the Southeast regions. One of the principle objectives of IDEA Fund Partners is to serve as a platform and catalyst for angel investors to re-enter the market. Currently, IDEA Fund Partners focuses on helping companies in the following areas: IT Software, IT Infrastructure, Materials Technologies, Medical Devices, and Biomedical Applications. Typical initial investments will range up from $100,000 to $750,000 in an initial investment, with a total of $1.5 million including follow-up rounds.IDEA Fund Partners is generally the first institutional money in and invests in pre-revenue companies and those up to $5 million in revenues.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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